In 1945-46, to demand better working conditions, more than five million Americans create a massive strike wave--with unforseen repercussions.

As Americans wrestle with increasing fear and anxiety over the spread of communism, learning to "duck and cover" in the event of a nuclear blast, Truman adopts new foreign policies meant to contain the threat.

Ezra Pound, prolific poet and . . . Nazi sympathizer? At the end of World War II, Ezra Pound was charged with 19 counts of treason against the United States for his actions during World War II, and his fanatical leanings didn't end with the war.

This week’s episode delves into a complicated and often emotionally fraught history: the roots of the modern-day conflict in the middle east and the ways in which clandestine Jewish immigration to the region in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the actions of world leaders like President Truman played a role.

This week’s episode, hosted by the Museum’s Dr. Kristen Burton and written by executive producer Gemma R. Birnbaum, introduces listeners to Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Robert H. Jackson, who was chosen by President Truman to serve as the United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.